Jeremiah 30:1-13 ▼

1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,

2 |Thus speaks the LORD, the God of Israel, saying, 'Write all the words that I have spoken to you in a scroll.

3 For, look, the days come, says the LORD, that I will turn again the captivity of my people Israel and Judah,' says the LORD; 'and I will cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it.'|

4 These are the words that the LORD spoke concerning Israel and concerning Judah.

5 For thus says the LORD: |We have heard a voice of trembling, of fear, and not of peace.

6 Ask now, and see whether a man does travail with child: why do I see every man with his hands on his waist, as a woman in travail, and all faces are turned into paleness?

7 Alas, for that day is great, so that none is like it. It is even the time of Jacob's trouble; but he shall be saved out of it.

8 It shall come to pass in that day,| says the LORD, |that I will break his yoke from off your neck, and will burst your bonds; and strangers shall no more make him their bondservant;

9 but they shall serve the LORD their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up to them.

10 Therefore do not be afraid, O Jacob my servant, says the LORD; neither be dismayed, Israel: for, look, I will save you from afar, and your descendants from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be quiet and at ease, and none shall make him afraid.

11 For I am with you, says the LORD, to save you: for I will make a full end of all the nations where I have scattered you, but I will not make a full end of you; but I will correct you in measure, and will in no way leave you unpunished.|

12 For thus says the LORD, |Your hurt is incurable, and your wound grievous.

13 There is none to plead your cause, that you may be bound up: you have no healing medicines.